Creative Commission Opportunities at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is inviting a range of individuals and organisations, across art-forms and methods of science engagement, to propose new works or existing works for our summer 2015 festival programme on the theme of Spices.

Creative Commission Opportunities at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – Revised RBGKEW/097

Reference number:RBGKEW/097a

Deadline date:01/12/2014

This deadline is for…Expressions of Interest

Contract value:£5,000 – £90,000

Location where the contract is to be carried out:KewRoyal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Is this suitable for smaller suppliers?Yes

Is this contract suitable for a voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations?Yes

Name of the buying organisation:ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW

Description of the contract

*PLEASE NOTE THIS IS THE SAME AS RBGKEW/097. THE ONLY DOCUMENT THAT HAS CHANGED IS THE TIMETABLE* The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is inviting a range of individuals and organisations, across art-forms and methods of science engagement, to propose new works or existing works for our summer 2015 festival programme on the theme of Spices. Summer holds the greatest potential to attract visitors to RBG Kew and inspire them about the importance and wonder of plants, so it is essential that we deliver a competitive, high quality and memorable day out. In our experience this is achieved through exciting collaborations, combining our skills with those of people in a range of creative disciplines to deliver a festival that achieves an optimum balance of experiences for our visitor’s to enjoy.

Documents

Creative commission opportunities at Royal Botanic Gardens (Creative Commission Opportunities at Royal Botanic Gardens.pdf, 3368kb)

Creative Commission Revised Timetable (Summer Festival Creative Commission Schedule.pdf, 62kb)

Classification of the contract

92500000Library, archives, museums and other cultural services

92312250Services provided by individual artists

92312200Services provided by authors, composers, sculptors, entertainers and other individual artists

92312000Artistic services

92310000Artistic and literary creation and interpretation services

92300000Entertainment services

Additional information

Contract type:Services – Unspecified

Is it a framework agreement?No

Is this contract related to a programme of funding?No

Contract will be awarded based on:Most economically advantageous tender in terms of: The criteria stated in the contract documents

Estimated length of contract:5 Months

Who to contact

Contact nameNatasha Ba-Abdullah

Organisation nameROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW

AddressRoyal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB

Telephone0208 332 4335

Extension number:

Fax

EmailN.Ba-Abdullah@kew.org

Web addresswww.kew.org

How to apply

At this stage we are inviting ‘Expressions of Interest’ – if you think you would be interested in putting forward a proposal(s) for these creative commissions or require further information/ clarification please contact Natasha Ba-Abdullah – N.Ba-Abdullah@kew.org The deadline for Expressions of Interest is 1st December 2014 after which all interested parties will be provided with detailed instructions of how to submit an outline proposal and the basis upon which the selection will be made. We will then be inviting initial proposals with a submission date of 5th January 2015 – a copy of the commissioning timetable is provided for download